Lucille Lang Day

Lucille Lang Day
Lucille Lang Day at AWP Conference, 2017
Lucille Lang Day at AWP Conference, 2017
Born (1947-12-05) December 5, 1947 (age 76)
Oakland, California
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
  • science and health educator
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
San Francisco State University (M.A., MFA)
Website
lucillelangday.com

Lucille Lang Day (born December 5, 1947) is an American poet, writer, and science and health educator. Day has authored or edited 20 books and is a contributor to over 60 anthologies. She is best known as a poet and writer for her award-winning memoir, Married at Fourteen: A True Story,[1][2] for her integration of science imagery and concepts into poetry[3][4] and for advocating use of poetry as a tool in environmental activism.[5][6][7] As a science and health educator, her many achievements have included promoting science education for girls[8][9][10] and serving as codirector of Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community, a project that was funded by the National Institutes of Health and aimed to make biomedical science more accessible to underrepresented minorities.[11]

  1. ^ Lum, Rebecca Rosen (2013-05-17). "Memoir details a path toward destruction, turned around". JWeekly. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. ^ Fancher, Lou (2013-04-11). "Lucille Lang Day: Always learning, especially from her own mistakes". East Bay Times. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  3. ^ Lowinsky, Naomi (2017-10-02). "Lucille Lang Day, Featured Poet: Poetry Came First". Psychological Perspectives. 60 (4): 487–492. doi:10.1080/00332925.2017.1390376. ISSN 0033-2925. S2CID 148580832.
  4. ^ Bostian, Brad (2002). "Review: "On the Nature of Day and Raine"". www.forpoetry.com. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  5. ^ Mitra, Maureen Nandini (2019-04-19). "Speaking to the Heart – Eco-Poetry and Environmentalism". KPFA. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  6. ^ Goffman, Ethan (2019-10-07). "Lucille Lang Day: Leveraging Poetry For Environmental Causes". EarthTalk.org. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  7. ^ Starkey, David (2018-10-02). "Interview with Ruth Nolan and Lucille Lang Day". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  8. ^ Wilson, George (1986). "Review of How to Encourage Girls in Math & Science, by Joan Skolnick, Carol Langbort, and Lucille Day." School Science and Mathematics. 86 (2): 164.
  9. ^ May, Hal, Ed. (1984). "Day, Lucille, 1947- ." Contemporary Authors 110: 139. Gale Research Company, Detroit, Michigan.
  10. ^ Reis, Sally M.; Gavin, M. Katherine (April 1999). "Chapter 11: Why Jane Doesn't Think She Can Do Math: How Teachers Can Encourage Talented Girls in Mathematics". Developing Mathematically Promising Students. p. 147. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.630.1706.
  11. ^ "Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Project: Health and Biomedical Science for a Diverse Community". www.chori.org. Retrieved 2019-10-23.